Last day of Winter

I don't know about you but I am very excited for this upstate NY winter to be ending. There are many reasons I am excited about today being the last day of winter:
1) No more snow, shoveling, snow blowing
2) The flowers will start coming up and the grass will get green
3) Wedding season is approaching
4) Flip flops soon!

I have been busy getting things done. It stinks being in my office when it is so nice outside, but it will only get nicer so I should just keep plugging away and wait for the warmer weather to come. Click on the photo below to view my newest album design. This album is from Brittany & Brandon's last minute wedding in October. The photographs came out so beautiful from their wedding. I had such a hard time designing this album because I didn't want to narrow the photos down. If I could make a 60 page album from their wedding I probably would have no problem filling it! Enjoy!



Also here are some previews from Katie & Rob's Engagement session in downtown Oswego from last week. These two love birds are getting married in November of this year. I cannot wait for their wedding. (If you are my friend on facebook I already posted a link to all the photos from Katie & Rob's E-session... so be my friend already)

What was in that box anyways?

Last week I put photos of a huge box I received in the mail. It was up to my chin... hUUUUUUUUUGE, as Billy Fuccillo would say. Anyways this what was in the box:




Remember when you went to those parties in college where there were tons of frames on the walls that looked like this... yea me neither. But this was my first sorority composite I did. It is 30"x32" and I am very pleased with how it came out. Huge thanks to Jeff Welsh from Foliotype design house for the great logo reproduction! Check out his brand spankin new website.

This past weekend was quite busy. I haven't had a photo shoot in quite some time, and this Saturday I had 2: An engagement session in the morning and my very first boudoir session. Stay tuned this week to see previews from each session. 2 months from today is my first wedding of the 2009 season. I have big plans to overhaul my website, redo some albums and so on... so I better get started because May 16th is going to come quick!

here are some shots from the Lakeside-Statewide art opening I attended this past Saturday. on our way into the show the sky was lit up so pretty!


This was the piece I got into the show. Over 200 pieces were entered and under 50 were accepted. Unfortunately out of the 10 awards given no photography pieces were awarded. I feel this "art" community doesn't appreciate photography as much as they should! Congrats to everyone who won!



Have a great day

Thursday is good!

Today I got a HUUUUUUUGE box in the mail that comes up to my chin. I'm thinking... Oh my GOSH I must've ordered the wrong size frame. UPS delivered in the middle of writing my blog and I am so amazed by this box I felt a need to blog it too!







Come back tomorrow for the unveiling of what's in the box!!! Oh man I need to get out of my office.

On a less-weird note here is some good news:

Annie & Brian's album is online! (click the photo)

Dan & Jolynn's Album

Dan & Jolynn Dorsey's album is available to view online now. (Click the photo to see more) I have only 5 albums left for the 2008 wedding season. I am hoping to get them finished in the next 3 weeks! Hooray! Enjoy

Random Monday's

Random Monday:

- We are leaving in exactly 1 month for our short term missions trip to Granada, Spain. Follow our journey as we travel here.

- I know 15 people in my sphere of life that are pregnant right now. That makes almost more pregnant ladies than not in my life! My sister-in-law Tess is due towards the end of March, but the doctor said she can go any day now. I CANNOT WAIT to take photos of the little girl! Congrats to all my friends and the blessing God has given you!

- My mom will be coming back from a month in Mexico, where she lived with a Mexican family to learn Spanish fluently. Hopefully she can teach me before I leave for Spain.

- I have my very first Boudoir photo session this Saturday. It'll be awesome!

- We have many calls for 2010 & 2011 weddings but are waiting to book any until we figure out our schedule for next summer. Oh how I hate having to plan my life 1-2 years in advance... but I love love love wedding photography, so it is a nice trade off

- I finally stopped being lazy and submitted a photograph into the 2009 "Lakeside-Statewide Juried Art Show". I was happy to hear that they selected my photograph "Bones" to be a part of the art show. The opening is this Saturday from 7-9pm at the Oswego Civic Arts Center, in Oswego,NY. Here is the digital copy of the photo. I will make sure to take photos while I am at the opening.

Some of you may remember seeing this photo during my missions trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. On our last day in DR we went to an open air market. I was wondering around the streets taking photos of all the produce, spices, and crafts, when I stumped upon some skulls in the middle of fruit. Oh the things you see in foreign countries!


Random photo of my nephew Michael during our 10th annual Men's raquetball tournament sponosered by Oswego Alliance Church. Isaac ended up coming in 2nd place in his bracket! You're a keeper


I am so bad at taking photos when I am a guest at an event. I usually just want to enjoy myself, but I decided to take a few shots at Tess's baby shower this past weekend. This one is of my pastors wife, Wendy Smith, speaking words of encouragement to Tess.


Isaac and I have been busy doing some things to our house. Once wedding season comes we have no time for anything, so we try to get as much work done during the winter and early spring. This past week our task was to redo our upstairs bathoom. I won't even show you what it looked like before, because it is embaressing, but I will show you what Isaac and I came up with.










I found this really awesome waffle/linen shower curtain at Walmart. it reminds me of something you would see in a spa.


The last thing we have to do is tile the bathroom floor. We picked out some pretty sweet 6x6inch tiles that are natural. It's gonna look awesome!

Have a blessed day!

WOW it's been long

GEESH! I can't believe it has been 2 weeks since I last posted. I am sorry to all you KP Blog readers out there. Being away for a week has really piled up the work so I have been busy going through the work before I get to do anything "extra". Well here are some photos from Valentines day on our trip down to North Carolina.

This series of shots was taken while we traveled down the scenic highway "SkyLine Drive" in VA.








This is to show you how high up we were. We spent 3 hours on the edge of a mountain. It was amazing!


We saw 15 deer and a bobcat! Isaac was so excited to see the bobcat, I told him why doesn't he go out of the car to go take close ups... he said the bobcat could attack and hurt him. So we opted to keep driving.






The obligatory, "Hey look I'm taking a photo of myself in a mirror" shot.


Isaac drove the whole way, which was probably good because I would have been too concerned with nice photo opps instead of driving.




Okay now incase you haven't noticed already this is NOT from Skyline Drive. Yesterday I took photographs for some of the spring teams at SUNY Oswego. While I was setting up I took this shot of the Women's LAX team hanging out. I thought it was a funny photo because no one knew I was taking it.


Here is one of the final photos.

Vacation

Isaac & I will be out of the office until Feb. 23rd. We are taking a much anticipated vacation to SC to visit family and relax. Please feel free to call or email, I just can't promise a quick response! I hope everyone has an amazing week! Hasta luego

Snap

Isaac snapped this photo of me during our 1/17/09 wedding. He's so tricky!

To Spain!

I am bad at blogging lately. There has been so much going on with the Kain's... Too much to tell in just one short blog. One very exciting thing is that we will be going on a short term missions trip to Spain from April 9th-18th. I cannot wait to see how Easter is done in Spain
We are going through the Christian & Missionary Alliance and will be staying in Granada & Madrid. On a similar note if anyone owns the Rosetta Stone for Spanish could we borrow it for 2 months or buy it off of you?

For your viewing pleasure... Andrea & Christian's album design. Click on the photo to view the rest.

Watch this

I just saw this on David Jay's blog and I had to post it to mine! What an incredible video. Take a few minutes to watch it.

We want to be your photographer for life!

Who knows where the cycle starts. For you maybe its an engagement session, or a baby portrait. Whatever it may be, Isaac and I want to be your photographers for your life. From engagement to wedding, then onto love (trash) the dress and baby/family portraits, we want to be there for it all. Count on us to continue the long lasting tradition of great images that capture your most treasured moments.

Want this?!?!

Limited dates available. Only booking 20 dates for 2010.

Random Monday's

Bridal show this Sunday!
Glen Sanders Mansion
Scotia, NY
Sunday 1/18 from 11am-3pm

I sit in my office every day with the blinds down and my back to the windows. Sunlight is an enemy of mine while I am on the computer. So I sit in my office/cave and work in the dark. But today I decided to lift the blinds and watch the snow as it fluttered down from the sky. We have gotten about 4 inches of snow this afternoon so far, and as I sit here bundled up at my desk, I cannot stop thinking about when I was a little kid, sledding in my backyard for hours upon hours. I would always get so wet and cold, but I loved the snow.

I usually dread Monday's, but today has been quite fun. Last week I finished editing my last 2008 wedding, so now I have some new found time to continue working on albums and other things. I finished changes on 2 more albums today and I will continue to work full steam ahead on my 8/16 & 8/30 albums. I have a huge shoot that will take up all day tomorrow and Wednesday. It is something different than I have ever done before so keep and eye out for sneak peeks on facebook or my blog. Isaac and I have John & Kelly's wedding to shoot this Saturday as well. It is the last wedding for a few months. I always love this little "break" in work that comes about the middle of March to the beginning of May. I am trying to plan a trip to Spain and also some personal photo projects! Here are some random photos from the last week:

Isaac & I in front of our awesome booth at the Oswego bridal show last Sunday. We didn't have too much space so we tried to squeeze as much stuff into our space without it getting too full, what do you think?


This is a once in a lifetime sneak peak at my office this morning as the sun shined through my windows and onto my desk. The color of the room has been bright blue since we bought the house. I was going to change it right away, but I realized having a colorful office keeps my "creative juices" flowing. I may not have the neatest office, but it is quite fun! The poster on the left is from when I worked as a graphic designer for Fajita Grill. If the printer would mess up one of my pieces, I would have them reprint it and then keep the "mess up" for myself.


View out my front door at about 1pm today. It had just stopped snowing and the sun decided to show its face for a few minutes.


The sun was so warm as it made its way through one of my favorite windows in the house and onto our table in the entryway. Note to everyone... including myself, it is NOT good to have photographs in the sun. So I guess I should find a new place for this table before the photo gets ruined. The sun bleaches the ink, so in a very short time your photo will become very dull and the colors will change.


This photo is bittersweet for me. As some of you may know, my husband Isaac is in the Army. He has been in the Army since I have know him, it has defined who he is today as an adult. I always get so sad when he has to go away for training. But on the flip side I always LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing him come home in his uniform. He is so cute! It is one of my most favorite things in life, watching him walk through our back door with a huge smile on his face and his ACU's on. So the bittersweet part of it all is that this past weekend was his LAST Army drill. He officially gets out of the Army on Jan. 24th, 8 long years after he signed his initial contract. Although I love saying my husband is a soldier, and I am extremely proud of him. I am very excited that we can move onto the next stage of our life. No longer planning weddings around when Isaac will be with the Army, nor waiting to see if he will be deployed. I am happy he will be here with me, but sad that this part of our life is over. And he just got promoted to a Staff Sergeant.


Onto the next part of our life... that is why we are planning a trip to Spain! As the Spring gets closer and I have more information about our new "projects" in life I will share with you all tidbits of our life.
Thanks for reading. Have a blessed day!

Vacation

Isaac and I are still on vacation until our bridal show THIS SUNDAY! Come visit us from 12-3pm at the American Foundry in Oswego, NY. Oswego's best vendors will be on hand to chat about your upcoming wedding. Come hang out with us in our lounge and see the newest albums and products we have to offer.
Here are some new ads I created today for our advertisement in the Albany/Saratoga Springs vendor booklet. The booklet is by invite only, and we are overjoyed with being selected for the book. Enjoy!




This Ad will run in a promotional booklet that is sent home to winter brides in the Saratoga/Albany area. So if you are getting married in December 2009, January 2010, February 2010, or March 2010, let us know you saw us in the Saratoga Springs/Albany promo booklet. You must present your ad to receive the special gift.


See you all Sunday. If you cannot make to Oswego, we will also have a booth/lounge in Albany/Scotia, NY on Sunday January 18th at the Glen Sanders Mansion. This is put on by the Glen Sanders Mansion along with the Mazzone Management group.
Come visit us from 11-3pm and chat with the Capital Districts best wedding vendors. Taste some amazing food and hang out with us in our lounge!

Have a wonderful weekend.